Utrecht UniversityUtrechtUtrecht University (UU; Dutch: Universiteit Utrecht, formerly
Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht) is a university in Utrecht, the
Netherlands. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands.
Established March 26, 1636, it had an enrollment of 29,425 students in
2016, and employed 5,568 faculty and staff.[4] In 2011, 485 PhD
degrees were awarded and 7,773 scientific articles were published. The
2013 budget of the university was €765 million.[5]
The university is rated as the best university in the
NetherlandsNetherlands by
the Shanghai Ranking of World Universities 2013, and ranked as the
13th best university in Europe and the 52nd best university of the
world.
The university's motto is "Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos," which means
"Sun of Justice, shine upon us." This motto was gleaned from a literal
Latin Bible translation of Malachi 4:2
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Latin LanguageLatinLatin (Latin: lingua latīna, IPA: [ˈlɪŋɡʷa laˈtiːna]) is
a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the
Indo-European languages. The
Latin alphabetLatin alphabet is derived from the
Etruscan and Greek alphabets, and ultimately from the Phoenician
alphabet.
LatinLatin was originally spoken in Latium, in the Italian Peninsula.[3]
Through the power of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant
language, initially in Italy and subsequently throughout the Roman
Empire.
Vulgar LatinVulgar Latin developed into the Romance languages, such as
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Romanian. Latin, Greek and
French have contributed many words to the English language
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LanguageLanguageLanguage is a system that consists of the development, acquisition,
maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly
the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of
such a system.
The scientific study of language is called linguistics. Questions
concerning the philosophy of language, such as whether words can
represent experience, have been debated at least since
GorgiasGorgias and
PlatoPlato in ancient Greece. Thinkers such as
RousseauRousseau have argued that
language originated from emotions while others like Kant have held
that it originated from rational and logical thought. 20th-century
philosophers such as Wittgenstein argued that philosophy is really the
study of language. Major figures in linguistics include Ferdinand de
Saussure and Noam Chomsky.
Estimates of the number of human languages in the world vary between
5,000 and 7,000
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Ghent UniversityGhentGhentUniversityUniversity (Dutch: Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a
public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. It was
established in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands. After the
Belgian revolutionBelgian revolution of 1830, the newly formed Belgian state began to
administer the university. In 1930, it became the first Dutch-speaking
university in Belgium, whereas French had previously been the standard
academic language. In 1991, the university was granted major autonomy
and changed its name accordingly from State
UniversityUniversity of Ghent
(Dutch: Rijksuniversiteit Gent, abbreviated as RUG) to its current
designation.
In contrast to the Catholic
UniversityUniversity of Leuven or the Free
UniversityUniversity of Brussels, UGent considers itself a pluralist university
in a special sense, i.e
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Belgian Revolution
Belgian victoryMain European power recognition of Belgium's de facto independence
from the Kingdom of the NetherlandsBelligerents Belgian rebels
Supported by:
French Kingdom
United NetherlandsCommanders and leaders King Leopold I
Charles Rogier
Erasme Surlet de Chokier
King Louis-Philippe
Étienne Maurice Gérard
King William I
Crown Prince William
Prince FrederickStrength Unknown
60,000 men[1]
50,000 men[2]The
Belgian RevolutionBelgian Revolution (French: Révolution belge, Dutch: Belgische
Revolutie/opstand/omwenteling, German: Belgische Revolution) was the
conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces (mainly
the former Southern Netherlands) from the United Kingdom of the
NetherlandsNetherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of
Belgium.
The people of the south were mainly Dutch-speaking Flemings and
French-speaking Walloons
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Faculty (division)
A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one
subject area, or a number of related subject areas.[1] In American
usage such divisions are generally referred to as colleges (e.g.,
"college of arts and sciences") or schools (e.g., "school of
business"), but may also mix terminology (e.g., Harvard
UniversityUniversity has
a "faculty of arts and sciences" but a "law school").Contents1 Overview
2 Faculty of Art2.1 Course of study3 Faculty of Classics
4 Faculty of Commerce
5 Faculty of Economics
6 Faculty of Education6.1 Other faculties7 Faculty of E
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HumanitiesHumanitiesHumanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human
society and culture. In the renaissance, the term contrasted with
divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of
secular study in universities at the time
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History
—George Santayana
HistoryHistory (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry,
knowledge acquired by investigation")[2] is the study of the past as
it is described in written documents.[3][4] Events occurring before
written record are considered prehistory. It is an umbrella term that
relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection,
organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about
these events
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Art HistoryArt historyArt history is the study of objects of art in their historical
development and stylistic contexts; that is genre, design, format, and
style.[1] The study includes painting, sculpture, architecture,
ceramics, furniture, and other decorative objects.[2]
As a term, art history (its product being history of art) encompasses
several methods of studying the visual arts; in common usage referring
to works of art and architecture
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Literature
Literature, most generically, is any body of written works. More
restrictively, literature is writing considered to be an art form, or
any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value,
often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary
usage.
Its Latin root literatura/litteratura (derived itself from littera:
letter or handwriting) was used to refer to all written accounts,
though contemporary definitions extend the term to include texts that
are spoken or sung (oral literature). The concept has changed meaning
over time: nowadays it can broaden to have non-written verbal art
forms, and thus it is difficult to agree on its origin, which can be
paired with that of language or writing itself
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Communication StudiesCommunicationCommunication studies or communication sciences is an academic
discipline that deals with processes of human communication. There are
three types of communication: verbal, involving listening to a person
to understand the meaning of a message; written, in which a message is
read; and nonverbal communication involving observing a person and
inferring meaning.[1] The discipline encompasses a range of topics,
from face-to-face conversation to mass media outlets such as
television broadcasting.
CommunicationCommunication studies, in line with Cultural Studies, also examines
how messages are interpreted through the political, cultural,
economic, semiotic, hermeneutic, and social dimensions of their
contexts.
CommunicationCommunication studies, in line with Political Economics,
also examines how the politics of ownership structures effects
content
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Cultural StudiesCultural studies (also cultural theory)[1] is a field of
theoretically, politically, and empirically engaged cultural analysis
that concentrates upon the political dynamics of contemporary culture,
its historical foundations, defining traits, conflicts, and
contingencies.[2]
Cultural studies researchers generally investigate
how cultural practices relate to wider systems of power associated
with or operating through social phenomena, such as ideology, class
structures, national formations, ethnicity, sexual orientation,
gender, and generation.
Cultural studies views cultures not as fixed,
bounded, stable, and discrete entities, but rather as constantly
interacting and changing sets of practices and processes.[3] The field
of cultural studies encompasses a range of theoretical and
methodological perspectives and practices
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